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Wed jan 4
BBC, 4th Street: “Songwriters Showcase” with Ashley Burchett; 7 p.m., free, (R)
Beef O’Brady’s, Hillview: Short Bus; 7 p.m., free (R)
Billiards Club of Louisville: Short Bus; 11 p.m., free (R)
Blu Italian Grille: Carly Johnson & Craig Wagner; 7 p.m., free
Comedy Caravan: “Raw” hosted by Jay Cox; 7:15 p.m., $3 (R)
Corner Door: Big Booty Swing; 7:30 p.m., free (R)
Derby Dinner Playhouse: Melissa Combs; 7:15 p.m., $30
Gilbert’s: Jimmy G & the Sidewinders; free (R)
Groucho’s: “Comedy in a Fish Bowl”; 10 p.m., free (R)
Hideaway Saloon: The Pranksters; 10:30 p.m., $3 (R)
Jack’s: Slinky Jenkins; 9 p.m., free (R)
Jerry Green & Friends: Freddie George; 9 p.m., free (R)
Lisa’s Oak St. Lounge: Muji Fuji; 7 p.m., free (R)
Monkey Wrench: Relic; 9 p.m., free (R)
Mulligan’s: Mickey Clark; 7 p.m., free (R)
Nachbar: VAMP; 10 p.m., free (R)
Onizim’s Barn: Phil Kelly; 7 p.m., free (R)
Stevie Ray’s: Dev & Doug; 9 p.m., $3 (R)
Theater Square: The VoJazz Trio with Megan Gebert; 6:30 p.m., free (R)
TK’s Pub: The Over-reactors; 6:30 p.m. (R)
Wick’s Pizza, Middletown: Rockin’ Rob; free (R)
ZaZoo’s: The Bohannons, Supertruck; 9 p.m., $6
THU jan 5
The Bard’s Town: Louisville Comedy Underground; 9 p.m., free (R)
Beef O’Brady’s, Valley Station: Short Bus; 7 p.m., free
Blu Italian Grille: Hickory Vaught; 8 p.m., free (R)
Brick House Tavern: Neil Champine; 9 p.m., free (R)
Bud’s Tavern: Mike Willett & Friends; 8:30 p.m., free (R)
Capitol Plaza Hotel: The Shining; 7:30 p.m., free (R)
Comedy Caravan: Tim Northern, Jodi White, Aaron Nemo; 7:15 p.m., $10; “The List”; 9:30 p.m., $1(R)
Dark Star Tavern: The White Russians; 10 p.m., free (R)
Gerstle’s Place: Freakbot, DJ Booty Sweat; 10 p.m.
Golden Nugget: Short Bus; 11 p.m., free (R)
Groucho’s: “Comedy Attack!” hosted by Jake Reber; 9 p.m., free
Hideaway Saloon: Dust Radio; 10:30 p.m., $2
Improv: Owen Benjamin
Jack’s, New Albany: Dev & Doug; 10 p.m., free
Jack’s Lounge: The Scott Henderson Duo; 7 p.m., free (R)
Jerry Green & Friends: Freddie George; 7 p.m., free (R)
Maker’s Lounge: Carly Johnson & Craig Wagner; 6 p.m., free
Saints: Cosa Seria; 9 p.m. (R)
Smoketown USA: Billy Hower; 6 p.m., free (R)
Stevie Ray’s: Tony and Amy; 9 p.m., $4
Tea Room: Conjuring & Comedy Cabaret; 7:30 p.m.
Theater Square: Stein Stoess; 8 p.m., free (R)
Wick’s Pizza, Highlands: Screaming John and Jimi V; free (R)
Wick’s Pizza, New Albany: Aquila (R)
ZaZoo’s: Appalatin; 8 p.m., $2 (R)
FRI jan 6
The Bard’s Town: Keltricity; 7 p.m., $5; “The Young, Dumb and Full of Comedy Show”; 10 p.m., $5; The Codas, Joey Blue, Chris Karrer, The Mighty Ohio, Chris King, Cedric Matous; 10 p.m., $5
Bearno’s, U of L: Funny Bones, Whiskey Bent Valley Boys; 9 p.m., $3-5
Cahoots: Abscise, Pflanz, Counter Measure; 10 p.m., $5
Comedy Caravan: Tim Northern, Jodi White, Aaron Nemo; 7:15 p.m. & 9:30 p.m., $15 each
Fat Daddy’s: Jefferson Tarc Bus; 9:30 p.m.
Gerstle’s Place: Point 1 Zero; 10 p.m.
Golden Nugget: Short Bus; 11 p.m.
Hideaway Saloon: The Pranksters; 10 p.m., $5
Impellizzeri’s, Downtown: Logan Street Band; 9 p.m., free
Improv: Owen Benjamin
Irish Exit: Kevin Fletcher; free
Jazzyblu: “Destination Live Fridays” with Maestro J.; 8 p.m., $10 (R)
Jerry Green & Friends: Freddie George; 7 p.m., free (R)
Jim Porter’s: The Rigbys
Kentucky Center: Improvapalooza 12; 8 p.m., $17
Mozz: Carly Johnson & Craig Wagner; 7 p.m., free
The 930 Art Center: House Ghost; 8 p.m., free
Phoenix Hill Tavern: Grindstone, Year of the Gun, 16 Bones, Deadstandstill, Stone Line Blue, The Cigarittes, Strumbeat; $5
R Place Pub: Strange Arrow; free
Rudyard Kipling: Hippocrits and Heroes
Seelbach Bar: The Dick Sisto Trio; 8 p.m. & 10 p.m., free (R)
Shepherdsville Music Barn: King’s Highway; 8 p.m., $10
Smoketown USA: Billy Hower; 6 p.m., free (R)
Stevie Ray’s: Blues Brothers Return; 9:30 p.m., $5
St. John United Church of Christ: Bourbon Baroque with Kelly Ballou; 7:30 p.m. & 8:30 p.m., free
Theater Square: The VoJazz Trio with Megan Gebert; 6:30 p.m., free (R)
Third Street Dive: Stoner Moms, A Place to Call Home, RatBatRadio; 10 p.m., $5
Varanese: Roni Ben-Hur; 6:30 p.m., free
WFPK: “Live Lunch” with Dewey Kincaid and Alex Wright; noon, free
Wick’s Pizza, Goose Creek: The Dallas Cole Band; 9 p.m.
Wick’s Pizza, Highlands: Blunt Honey
SAT jan 7
The Bard’s Town: On My Honor, Talk of Spring, Aesthetics Versus Architecture, Your Favorite Hero; 6 p.m., $6
Comedy Caravan: Tim Northern, Jodi White, Aaron Nemo; 7:15 p.m. & 9:30 p.m., $15 each
Dark Star Tavern: The Pranksters; 10 p.m. (R)
Gerstle’s Place: Stormy Mondayz; 10 p.m.
Headliners Music Hall: Toledo Bend, The County Line, Po’ Brothers; 9 p.m., $10
Impellizzeri’s, Downtown: Cosa Seria; 10:30 p.m., $7 (R)
Improv: Owen Benjamin
Irish Exit: Jon Hager; free
Jack’s Lounge: The Scott Henderson Duo; 7 p.m., free (R)
Jazzyblu: “Neo-Soul Saturdays” with Maestro J.; 8 p.m., $10 (R)
Jerry Green & Friends: Freddie George; 7 p.m., free (R)
Kentucky Center: Improvapalooza 12; 8 p.m., $17
Magnolia Bar & Grill: Nixon, Late Ones, Mercy Academy; 11 p.m., $3
Monkey Wrench: Johnny Berry & the Outliers; 10 p.m., $5
Mozz: Carly Johnson & Craig Wagner; 7 p.m., free
Phoenix Hill Tavern: Velcro Pygmies, Super 69, Strumbeat; $10
Ross Country Jamboree: Mike Fryman, Kacyse Sexton, Daniel Hobs; $10
R Place Pub: Rude Lucy; free
Rudyard Kipling: The Steve Sizemore Group; 7 p.m.; Vibrolas, Opposable Thumbs, Technology Vs. Horse; 10 p.m., $5
Seelbach Bar: The Dick Sisto Trio; 8 p.m. & 10 p.m., free (R)
Smoketown USA: Billy Hower; 6 p.m., free (R)
Stevie Ray’s: Highball Red Band; 7:30 p.m., $5
Theater Square: The VoJazz Trio with Megan Gebert; 6:30 p.m., free (R)
Third Street Dive: King Sonic; 10 p.m., $5
Wick’s Pizza, Goose Creek: The Allen Lane Band; 9 p.m.
Wick’s Pizza, Highlands: Field of Kings
SUN jan 8
The Bard’s Town: Classical Revolution; 7 p.m., free
Brown Hotel: Nada Loutfi; 4 p.m. (R)
Comedy Caravan: Renato Vasconcellos and Michael Tracy; 2:30 p.m., $5; Tim Northern, Jodi White, Aaron Nemo; 7:15 p.m., $10
Gerstle’s Place: The Pranksters; 10 p.m., $3 (R)
Improv: Owen Benjamin
Spinelli’s, Downtown: Uh-huh Baby Yeah!, Skyscraper Stereo, Common Collective, Jenna Dean; 8 p.m., $5
U of L Comstock Hall: Nicolas Phan; 3 p.m., free
MON jan 9
Gaslite Tavern: “Open Mic Comedy” hosted by Lovest Brown; 10 p.m. (R)
Hideaway Saloon: Tom Boone & the Back Porch Pickers; 10 p.m., $2 (R)
TUE jan 10
The Bard’s Town: “Variety Shack”; 8 p.m., free (R)
BBC, 4th Street: Rachel Stump; 8 p.m., free (R)
Blu Italian Grille: The Dave Clark Trio; 6 p.m., free (R)
Clifton’s Pizza: Danny Flanigan; 8 p.m. (R)
Comedy Caravan: Midwest Clean Comedy All-Stars; 7:30 p.m,, $10
Kingfish, River Road: Big Poppa Stampley; 7 p.m. (R)
New View Bar & Grill: Short Bus; 8 p.m., free (R)
R Place Pub: Dev & Doug; 10:30 p.m., free (R)
This article appears in January 3, 2012.